Added .create to statically generated types and uppercase nested elements to reflection namespaces, see #576; Also added Namespace#getEnum for completeness, see #576; Made pbjs use loadSync for deterministic outputs, see #573

Author: dcodeIO

bench/index.js

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var protobuf  = require(".."),
 // To experience the impact by yourself, increase string lengths within bench.json.
 
 var root = protobuf.loadSync(require.resolve("./bench.proto"));
-var Test = root.lookup("Test");
+var Test = root.resolveAll().lookup("Test");
 
 // protobuf.util.codegen.verbose = true;
 

bench/prof.js

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if (process.execArgv.indexOf("--prof") < 0) {
             fs.unlink(file);
     });
     console.log("generating profile (may take a while) ...");
-    var child = child_process.execSync("node --prof --trace-deopt " + process.argv.slice(1).join(' '), {
+    var child = child_process.execSync("node --prof --trace-deopt " + process.execArgv.join(" ") + " " + process.argv.slice(1).join(' '), {
         cwd: process.cwd(),
         stdio: 'inherit'
     });

cli/pbjs.js

@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ exports.main = function(args, callback) {
             root   : "r"
         },
         string: [ "target", "out", "path", "wrap", "root" ],
-        boolean: [ "keep-case", "encode", "decode", "verify", "delimited" ],
+        boolean: [ "keep-case", "create", "encode", "decode", "verify", "delimited" ],
         default: {
             target: "json",
+            create: true,
             encode: true,
             decode: true,
             verify: true,
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ exports.main = function(args, callback) {
                 "",
                 "  Static targets only:",
                 "",
+                "  --no-create     Does not generate create functions used for runtime compatibility.",
                 "  --no-encode     Does not generate encode functions.",
                 "  --no-decode     Does not generate decode functions.",
                 "  --no-verify     Does not generate verify functions.",
@@ -119,28 +121,31 @@ exports.main = function(args, callback) {
         "keepCase": argv["keep-case"] || false
     };
 
-    root.load(files, parseOptions, function(err) {
+    var root;
+    try {
+        root = root.loadSync(files, parseOptions);
+    } catch (err) {
+        if (callback) {
+            callback(err);
+            return;
+        } else
+            throw err;
+    }
+
+    target(root, argv, function(err, output) {
         if (err) {
             if (callback)
                 return callback(err);
             else
                 throw err;
         }
-        target(root, argv, function(err, output) {
-            if (err) {
-                if (callback)
-                    return callback(err);
-                else
-                    throw err;
-            }
-            if (output !== "") {
-                if (argv.out)
-                    fs.writeFileSync(argv.out, output, { encoding: "utf8" });
-                else
-                    process.stdout.write(output, "utf8");
-            }
-            if (callback)
-                callback(null);
-        });
+        if (output !== "") {
+            if (argv.out)
+                fs.writeFileSync(argv.out, output, { encoding: "utf8" });
+            else
+                process.stdout.write(output, "utf8");
+        }
+        if (callback)
+            return callback(null);
     });
 };

cli/targets/json-module.js

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ json_module.description = "JSON representation as a module"
 function json_module(root, options, callback) {
 
     try {
-        var output = "var $root = protobuf.Root.fromJSON(" + JSON.stringify(root, null, 2).replace(/^(?!$)/mg, "    ").trim() + ");";
+        var output = "var $root = protobuf.Root.fromJSON(" + JSON.stringify(root, null, 2).replace(/^(?!$)/mg, "    ").trim() + ").resolveAll();";
         output = util.wrap(options.wrap || "default", output, options.root);
         process.nextTick(function() {
             callback(null, output);

cli/targets/static.js

@@ -270,10 +270,23 @@ function buildType(ref, type) {
         --indent;
         push("});");
     });
+
+    if (config.create) {
+        push("");
+        pushComment([
+            "Creates a new " + type.name + " instance using the specified properties.",
+            "@param {Object} [properties] Properties to set",
+            "@returns {" + fullName + "} " + type.name + " instance"
+        ]);
+        push(name(type.name) + ".create = function create(properties) {");
+            ++indent;
+            push("return new " + name(type.name) + "(properties);");
+            --indent;
+        push("};");
+    }
+
 
     if (config.encode) {
-
-        // #encode
         push("");
         pushComment([
             "Encodes the specified " + type.name + ".",
@@ -288,8 +301,6 @@ function buildType(ref, type) {
         });
 
         if (config.delimited) {
-
-            // #encodeDelimited
             push("");
             pushComment([
                 "Encodes the specified " + type.name + ", length delimited.",
@@ -308,8 +319,6 @@ function buildType(ref, type) {
     }
 
     if (config.decode) {
-
-        // #decode
         push("");
         pushComment([
             "Decodes a " + type.name + " from the specified reader or buffer.",
@@ -324,8 +333,6 @@ function buildType(ref, type) {
         });
 
         if (config.delimited) {
-
-            // #decodeDelimited
             push("");
             pushComment([
                 "Decodes a " + type.name + " from the specified reader or buffer, length delimited.",
@@ -343,8 +350,6 @@ function buildType(ref, type) {
     }
 
     if (config.verify) {
-
-        // #verify
         push("");
         pushComment([
             "Verifies a " + type.name + ".",